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The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has approved the appointment of Mrs. Folasade Adesoye, as the 20th Head of Service in the state.

A statement on Thursday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Habib Aruna, said Adesoye’s appointment would take effect from November 11, 2017, following the statutory retirement of the outgoing HoS, Mrs. Olabowale Ademola, on November 10, 2017.

The statement said the incoming HoS was first appointed into the Lagos State Civil Service on December 28, 1983, as an accountant and had served in several ministries.

“She was elevated into the Body of Permanent Secretaries in 2010 and was deployed in the Civil Service Pensions Office where she served till August 2015 when she was deployed in the Office of Local Government Establishment, Training and Pensions Office.

“In 2016, she served in the same capacity as Permanent Secretary, Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation,” the statement read it part.

It added that until her appointment, Adesoye was the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

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